"INAPPROPRIATE" comments made to a boy in a skate park have sparked a police appeal.

The incident took place in Leatherhead Skate Park in Kingston Road at around 5.45pm on Monday (May 22), when the nine-year-old boy approached two men and asked them for the time.

One of the men then made the comments which have prompted Surrey Police to appeal for information into his whereabouts.

The suspect was described as a white man with curly hair who was wearing a dark coloured beanie hat, aged in his late teens or early 20s.

Detective Constable Kevin Baker said: “Although the boy has not shown any signs that this incident has affected him in anyway, Surrey Police will not tolerate such behaviour from adults against young children and we need to find the man responsible.

“At this stage we do not know the reason why the man made the comments to the boy and he may not have intended to cause the boy alarm, but I would appeal to anyone who saw a person matching the description on the suspect around the time of the incident to contact us with information.”